Alaskan Bush People

Throw it, throw it.

Okay, what's the combination?

545, I'm not telling you ever.

I actually have a fire safe.

I keep a majority of special things in there.

Anything that I figure someone might be interested in,

I just put in the safe so they can't get to it.

Shh.

I thought I heard it cracking.

When you see a safe, you think,

Wow, there's something really cool in there.

And that's why I was like, I was trying to hack it.

Like, I couldn't get it. He wouldn't tell me.

I was just stretching.

So we have...

"producing your own power." it's books.

"Explanation of terms used in entomology." okay.

Bugs, this is it?

This is what you have the safe for?

Certificate of ministry. That's good.

- Wow. - I'm ordained.

I'm an ordained bug guy.

Congratulations. You can marry bugs.

On this episode of "alaskan bush people"...

Bush-style snow cone.

Marshmallows in there, score.

The guys have always worked hard.

Must keep going.

You're looking for something to build a snow plow?

Yeah!

Cutting a corner out of a dumpster.

- Careful! - I got it.

I don't like wasting any part of an animal.

It's in there. My foot is in a rat.

Had a little bittersweet stuff happened to me recently.

My life will never be the same.

Beggars and choosers. Winners and losers, right?

It's sliding.

The first wall,

Very important that we get this just perfect.

What if we ran pulleys and yank it up with the truck?

Go!

Worst case scenario, someone gets killed.

Supports are breaking loose. Stop.

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I mean, I think this is the most important thing.

I was gonna say there's nothing more important.

Than what we're doing today.

So we'll take the tongue and groove.

And we'll lay them down on this platform.

They are 8x4.

So they're gonna really cover.

We're not gonna have to take much time with this,

I don't expect.

Let's get started.

It's the dead of winter on north star ranch.

As the browns get to work on the crucial.

Next steps of their family house build.

As long as it keeps the heat out, the cold out,

- Sometimes the heat in... - The heat in, the cold.

And the parents comfortable, that's all I care about.

Go ahead and screw it.

The 2,700 square-foot cabin will serve as home.

For patriarch and matriarch billy and ami brown.

And a base for the entire wolfpack.

With plans of expansion for the families of brothers,

Noah and gabe, the house will be the largest structure.

The browns have ever built.

Dad's had a lot of recent health issues.

And so it's just that much more important now.

To get this house up.

Dad needs some some place to get in and out of the elements.

You know, it's not a trailer.

It's not a lean-to or a wigwam.

No, he needs a house.

But the wolfpack has faced.

A steady stream of challenges.

Look out, gabe.

What do I do with him?

We've had so many setbacks this winter.

It almost isn't fair.

Feel that? Temperature's dropping.

They're calling for 30 inches.

The house already hasn't been easy.

And it's not even close to being finished.

I was afraid that the ground would be frozen.

If we're not careful, it's gonna hit us again.

My gosh.

To stay up here.

We got the concrete, guys!

The important thing is building the house.

When it's actually a home,

That's what's gonna make it worth it.

I'm gonna go ahead and make a rule, though.

- Yeah. - No shoes in the house.

I completely agree.

Well, this is nice.

I don't think asha would like this, but.

In the past, when we, like, were building any kind of structure,

The floor ends up getting really dirty.

So that's why gabe and I are taking all the steps.

To make sure that this house is different.

We don't want them to have to worry about moving in.

And then cleaning the floor.

We want it to be ready for them.

Wait, are you gonna jump?

Don't jump to it!

I don't think every kid out there would be as excited.

As I am to live close to their parents.

But that's been a dream ever since I was a little.

Mom and dad would always just be right there and I could run over.

And get a hug any time I wanted it.

Don't...

Dang it.

- So close. - Yet so far.

Can you just get it or do you need my help?

It'd be better if I could probably lower you down.

Lower me? What?

No shoes in the house.

Wait, I might can grab it with just my feet.

- You have me. - I got you.

Lower me. Little more.

Do you got it?

Lower. I got it! It's right... help.

No!

My turn.

Ready?

Yeah. Okay, grab it.

Get it. Okay, and up.

Yeah!

Yeah!

Let's build a house.

Let's do it.

All right, let's find some inspiration.

Let's see if we find a broken metal cup.

Or something.

Down mountain,

Noah and his family explore the local scrap yard.

Hunting for supplies.

For the next big innovation on north star ranch.

What it has to be shaped like a barrel.

A shovel, a bucket, any kind of scoop.

The roads are so bad on the mountain that people are.

Getting stuck left and right.

Now you can walk through the woods.

And practically get stuck.

Building the house,

We need something that can allow us.

To have full movability all over the mountain.

You're saying just literally just cut it in half?

- Tractor, barrel. - Okay.

Okay, so you're driving down the road.

So the problem with this one, the snow is rolled up.

If you use an angle.

And it just keeps pushing it off.

Instead of piling up,

I want to make an attachment for my tractor.

I want to make it the exact same thing.

The bucket attaches.

Instead, it will have an angle.

Should be a perfect snow plow.

You're looking for something to build a snow plow?

- Yes. - Yeah.

I'm thinking like maybe cutting a corner.

Out of a dumpster.

See some of these old garbage truck?

Yeah, exactly.

Well, actually, right back there, does that cut up conex,

Cut that in half and taking that one corner.

That might work.

It'll move snow,

But I think he'll find that the snow is going.

To outweigh his plow and his tractor real fast.

You want to contain the snow.

Now my plow, I push right, I push left.

And if it's too much, I lift the plow and back up,

And do it again. So I don't know.

It'd be interesting to see how it turns out.

This corner cutting it here.

And then let's say if you can run a tape.

And get me the exact distance on the other side.

- This will work. - I think it'll work.

It's perfect, couple crossbars in there, a cutting edge,

And it's going to open up everywhere on the property.

It's just gonna be so useful.

We'll go talk to rory and get everything straightened out.

- Awesome. - Thank you.

You bet.

We found it.

- You ready to raise this thing? - Yes, we're ready.

- I think so. - Super ready.

Standing over 12 feet tall.

And ranging from 400 to 800 pounds,

Brother bam takes the lead.

On the trickiest section of their build so far.

If it slides off of there,

We'll never get it back on here, too heavy.

Basically, we just heave ho, get it straight up,

Jockey it to the back, and just drill it down.

With a bunch of screws, make sure it's stout.